A dream

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there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets – Daniel 2:28
I often find myself bewildered by the suffering people endure, the hate that people spew at each other. I am overcome with the wonder and beauty of creation. I am in awe of the love that people show, the mercy and kindness that warms my heart. How can these things all be mixed up in one world, one people? Does anyone have a plan or purpose in it? These are mysteries and secrets. Thank you Lord you are behind them all, working them to bring greater glory and goodness into being. You will heal and redeem every hurt. You will nurture and grow every beauty. All will serve to create your better kingdom. You will reveal it.

The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day. – Proverb 4:18
I used to think this verse meant I wasn’t very righteous, because it seemed like I was stumbling around in the dark a lot. But I realized that if the dawn is just a gleam, there is a lot of dark around. In the early morning, when the eastern sky is just barely a gleam of light, look anywhere else and it’s dark and hard to see. But the promise is still there. Nothing can hold back the dawn. The Son will rise to the full light of day.

So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again; then you will rejoice, and no one can rob you of that joy. – John 16:22

Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness. – Isaiah 35:10

The sorrow and darkness is here now. But it won’t always be this way. The dawn is coming. He will see us again. We will see Him. We will rejoice. Like seeing the light after a long, cold night. It won’t matter what dark memory is in our hearts, the Son will heat every corner and burn away every cobweb. Nothing you’ve done or has been done to you can dim that light. He will give us His joy.

When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. – John 14:3

I had a dream that I was waking
At the burning edge of dawn
And I could see the fields of glory
I could hear the sower’s song

I had a dream that I was waking
At the burning edge of dawn
And all that rain had washed me clean
All the sorrow was gone

I had a dream that I was waking
At the burning edge of dawn
And I could finally believe
The king had loved me all along

I had a dream that I was waking
At the burning edge of dawn
I saw the sower in the silver mist
And He was calling me home

The Burning Edge of Dawn – Andrew Peterson